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Lotte Claire ([info]lottelita) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-06-16 07:28:00
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Entry tags:racism, rp

Fandom ... no no no, Racism is Fucking Funny
salem_wikkat posts to BRPS:

Racism is fucking funny to me when done as an in character thing, not irl. It's never funny then - unless you're a black, mexican or puerto-rican, comedian making fun of the "white folk" - however, I've always enjoyed it IC.

Yet, is it really that offensive?

Shockingly, wank unfolds in the comments. My favorite bit is this exchange, which devolves into misreading, namecalling, and general pomposity with delightful speed.

The problem, of course, is that everyone is interrogating this post from the wrong perspective:

To think when I started this I was thinking about Dwarves and Elves an the inter-politics between these groups, but I wanted to see who'd jump to conclusions first.

Posting something inflammatory and waiting for teh drama to unfold? Where I'm from, son, we call that trolling.

Small but with excellent growth potential.

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[info]mistal
2007-06-16 07:06 pm UTC (link)
To think when I started this I was thinking about Dwarves and Elves an the inter-politics between these groups, but I wanted to see who'd jump to conclusions first.

The new "it was a social experiment!"?

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[info]hickorydickory
2007-06-16 07:41 pm UTC (link)
I like it. It's a refreshing new style of asshattery.

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iwanttobeasleep
2007-06-16 07:46 pm UTC (link)
Mmhmm, because mentioning human racism in the original question wouldn't at all lead people to those assumptions.

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[info]sticks
2007-06-17 03:19 am UTC (link)
It's a WoW social experiment!

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[info]soupspooks
2007-06-16 07:48 pm UTC (link)
*pets* Silly person.

Though, coming from a Warcraft player, racism makes the world go 'round. Really. I'm pretty sure Azeroth would stop turning if they stopped being racist.

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[info]seraphtrevs
2007-06-16 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Then again, I think all types of things that are considered offensive irl are funny online.

You guys, I was totally ready to get offended, but then I suddenly realized that these people are really ~edgy~, and I am just a sheep. I wish I had the bravery to laugh at black people. :(

Also: are there Puerto Rican elves?

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[info]sheep
2007-06-16 08:42 pm UTC (link)
and I am just a sheep

I'm sorry, but have submitted your application form in triplicate to myself or one of my minions sheep AND had a response, in writing, in the affirmative?

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[info]seraphtrevs
2007-06-16 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Filling it out as we speak! You see, it wasn't until I was exposed to [info]smallblackangel and [info]salem_wikket's amazing non-conforming ~edginess~ that I realized my inner sheepiness.

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[info]chikane
2007-06-16 08:20 pm UTC (link)
*washes hands*

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[info]bemysty
2007-06-16 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Ah, that. I saw it on my flist this afternoon, got first comment... and then got his asstardish reply and stepped the fuck away, in an (for once well-directed) interest of self-preservation.

Blimey, what he on?

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[info]lottelita
2007-06-16 09:02 pm UTC (link)
But don't you appreciate the shocking insight he's bringing to BRPS? Shocking! Insight!

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[info]bemysty
2007-06-16 09:37 pm UTC (link)
Unfortunately I like the contents of my skull exactly where they are.

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[info]brown_betty
2007-06-19 05:55 am UTC (link)
Breaking news! When racism is brought up, most people assume you're talking about humans! This demonstrates that they are small minded plebes.

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[info]ru_debega
2007-06-17 12:31 am UTC (link)
See icon. I checked it again later last night when the comments had exploded and decided to stay far away before I was tempted to jump back in.

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[info]ashu
2007-06-16 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Oh lordy. This is why I ignore certain names on BRPS~.

And here I was hoping the tl;dr Nexus related rant would end up on here instead.

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[info]iris
2007-06-16 10:45 pm UTC (link)
Trying to read that one made my eyes cross.

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[info]cheezdanish
2007-06-17 03:45 am UTC (link)
Ya ain't alone. :D

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[info]monsley
2007-06-16 09:09 pm UTC (link)
Aww, crying fowl. :(

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-17 01:41 am UTC (link)
That thing is hideous.

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[info]tiki
2007-06-16 09:38 pm UTC (link)
So, just another "BUT BLACKS/MEXICANS/JEWS GET TO SAY [insert racial epithet here], WHY AREN'T I ALLOWED TOOOOO????" whine. Poor oppressed white boy, forced at gunpoint to watch Chappelle's Show.

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[info]harrylovesron
2007-06-16 09:38 pm UTC (link)
"I'm not racist in real life, only in WoW!"

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[info]breecita
2007-06-17 07:47 pm UTC (link)
Now I need a new icon... Perhaps a whole line of them. ;)

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[info]ashenmote
2007-06-16 10:44 pm UTC (link)
If there's anything Elves and Dwarves can agree about, it's Trolls.

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[info]unctuous
2007-06-16 10:48 pm UTC (link)
*makes love to your icon*

Dark Crystal reference FTW!

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[info]ashenmote
2007-06-16 11:05 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-06-17 05:26 am UTC (link)
Best icon ever!

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[info]squib
2007-06-16 11:20 pm UTC (link)
Salem_Wikkat rings a bell. I think s/h/it posted some dumbassery on one of the Pagan comms a while back. *goes to look*

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[info]akilika
2007-06-18 04:15 am UTC (link)
A recurrent troll at snarkoleptics, too . . . usually about women, though, not race. Still, not surprised to see 'm pop up.

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[info]milkmoon
2007-06-17 03:27 am UTC (link)
I saw that and backed the fuck away. Leave that shit on /b/, folks. :(

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-06-17 05:26 am UTC (link)
Translation: Racism is funny, unless it's happening to me.

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[info]hallidae
2007-06-18 03:16 pm UTC (link)
That's pretty much how the old saying goes, isn't it? The only difference between tragedy and comedy is whether it happens to you or someone else... or something of the sort.

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[info]anonyrat
2007-06-17 05:27 am UTC (link)
Hah, lol.

Are they gonna have the old "is it racist to hate orcs" argument? Because that one always cracks my shit up.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-06-17 06:02 am UTC (link)
I know better than to try and discuss the LOTR movies with my sister, because then she gets into her crusade about the blatant racism of making the orcs black, both in the movie and in the original books (to a lesser extent.)

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[info]edana_ni_emer
2007-06-17 06:38 am UTC (link)
But they're not black! They're a dark grayish-green.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-06-17 12:10 pm UTC (link)
And the Mordor orcs are kind of a dead-fish lavender.

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[info]chikane
2007-06-17 09:16 am UTC (link)
o.O;

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[info]msmanna
2007-06-17 06:36 pm UTC (link)
This is why Brits get cast so often as the bad guys in films. We have impeccable colonial oppressor credentials, and making us evil is never wrong.

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[info]vejiicakes
2007-06-18 08:45 am UTC (link)
*sneers* Well maybe you people should stop talking all sexy-what-sounds-good-in-evil, y'ever think of that?

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[info]marumae
2007-06-18 06:19 pm UTC (link)
I agree with vejiicakes, stop sounding so evilly sexy and some panties doors will open for you.

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[info]brown_betty
2007-06-19 05:58 am UTC (link)
Eh, I could go on about the swarthy easterners for a bit, but I've suddenly recalled I need to water my bicycle.

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rachelthedemon
2007-06-17 06:43 am UTC (link)
Everyone's a little bit racist
Sometimes...

*crickets*

C'mon, SOMEBODY had to!

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[info]chikane
2007-06-17 09:10 am UTC (link)
I wonder where all the "jumping to conclusions" that everyone complains about actually happens. :/ It's mostly "that could be a reason", not "you're that!"

Except maybe this thread which...
http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck/4428656.html?thread=81923184#t81923184

...includes pulling the "but I have a XYZ friend, I'm not XY-ist" card.

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[info]els_chan
2007-06-17 03:25 pm UTC (link)
Man, it's always okay when they're hating on whitey...

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[info]out_bottle
2007-06-17 11:07 pm UTC (link)
...I say something, you don't like it, I respond with my opinion, and you deface it by throwing names and crying fowl. Where I typically come from that's being a sue...

A Sue? Really?

Also, where does he/she "typically" come from? Because I'd like to take a break from where I come from, too.

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[info]els_chan
2007-06-18 12:54 am UTC (link)
Seriously, I'd rather say I'm from just about anywhere that isn't Jersey once in a while. Like Gallifrey or something.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2007-06-18 04:16 am UTC (link)
Japanistan?

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[info]taktuk
2007-06-18 07:06 am UTC (link)
I wish I could say I was from somewhere other than the frigid northlands, but one class or race always hails from the frigid northlands.

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